Exciting opportunity to lead on vascular therapy in the acute setting and provide specialised rehabilitation to a complex group of patients. This role would be suitable for a band 6 with vascular experience or a band 7 physiotherapist.
Highly specialist vascular physiotherapist
- Act as an autonomous practitioner to assess and treat own caseload, providing a highly specialist physiotherapy service for Vascular, Amputees and Complex Surgical rehabilitation.
- Provide specialist assessment and management for patients with complex Vascular, respiratory, and multi-pathology surgical conditions, including acute amputee rehabilitation and pre-amputation assessment, Holistic management of critical care patients.
- Lead on the development and delivery of physiotherapy input within Vascular, Amputees and Complex surgery.
- Support the organisation, prioritisation, and coordination of referrals across the Vascular and Amputee pathway
- Provide supervision, line management, and clinical leadership to junior physiotherapists and occupational therapists, assistants, and students
- Contribute to service development, clinical audit, quality improvement and research
- Participate in the 7‑day working rota and respiratory on‑call service.
Highly specialist vascular physiotherapist
- Act as an autonomous practitioner to assess and treat own caseload, providing a highly specialist physiotherapy service for Vascular, Amputees and Complex Surgical rehabilitation.
- Provide specialist assessment and management for patients with complex Vascular, respiratory, and multi-pathology surgical conditions, including acute amputee rehabilitation and pre-amputation assessment, Holistic management of critical care patients.
- Lead on the development and delivery of physiotherapy input within Vascular, Amputees and Complex surgery.
- Support the organisation, prioritisation, and coordination of referrals across the Vascular and Amputee pathway
- Provide supervision, line management, and clinical leadership to junior physiotherapists and occupational therapists, assistants, and students
- Contribute to service development, clinical audit, quality improvement and research
- Participate in the 7‑day working rota and respiratory on‑call service.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
“ We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).”
Key responsibilities
Workings relationships and communication
- Communicate complex, sensitive, and sometimes distressing information to patients and families, including prognosis, rehabilitation potential, and treatment complexity
- Use advanced communication strategies with patients who have cognitive, communication, or physical barriers (e.g., tracheostomy, intubation, dysphasia, reduced consciousness).
- Work collaboratively within the MDT to support safe, timely discharge planning and coordinated care.
- Provide written documentation including discharge summaries, therapy reports, care plans, and MDT contributions in line with CSP and Trust standards.
- Deliver teaching and training to MDT colleagues, students, and physiotherapy staff.
- Communicate performance feedback and support PDPs for junior staff.
Clinical Responsibilities
- Undertake highly specialist assessment and treatment of patients with acute and complex vascular and surgical presentations- including complex surgical and critical care rehabilitation and amputee rehabilitation
- Other patient groups you will be responsible for are- Critical illness, complex respiratory compromise, high‑dependency needs, Multi-pathology, frailty, complex discharge needs
- Interpret and analyse advanced diagnostics including CXR/CT/MRI imaging and complex medical information.
- Formulate individualised treatment plans using advanced clinical reasoning.
- Identify and respond promptly to acutely deteriorating patients, escalating appropriately
- Support seamless transitions across acute, community, and outpatient services.
- Prioritise and manage own and team caseloads based on clinical need.
- Maintain high standards of clinical governance, safety, and risk management.
Leadership and Management Responsibilities
- Line manage and supervise junior physiotherapists, assistants, and students.
- Support recruitment, induction and workforce planning.
- Support management of service cover, annual/study leave, and sickness.
- Manage conflict sensitively within teams and follow Trust HR processes as needed.
- Deputise for senior leads as required.
- Ensure safe and effective use of therapy equipment, including assessing for and ordering specialist items.
- Lead and contribute to audits, quality improvement projects, research and evaluation of service outcomes.
- Deliver and contribute to in‑service training across the service.
- Participate in Trust and regional networks to support evidence-based practice and guideline development.
- Contribute to strategic planning and operational development of Vascular and complex rehabilitation of surgical patients
Handling difficult situations
- Provide empathetic support for patients and families experiencing distress, uncertainty or deterioration.
- Communicate difficult or unwelcome information in a professional and compassionate manner.
- Work in emotionally demanding environments, including critical care and deteriorating patients
Physical Demands
- Frequent moderate to intense physical effort for patient mobility, positioning and manual therapy.
- Exposure to bodily fluids and challenging clinical environments.
- Work flexibly across areas, including rapid transitions during emergencies.
- Occasional lone working in community or off‑ward areas with remote senior support.
